Xantho

Xantho is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing five extant species,^[2] all restricted to the north-east Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, although Xantho granulicarpis is not universally recognised as a separate species from Xantho hydrophilus:^[3]

• Xantho granulicarpus Forest, 1953
• Xantho hydrophilus (Herbst, 1790)
• Xantho pilipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
• Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792)
• Xantho sexdentatus (Miers, 1881)

Xantho
Xantho poressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Xanthidae
Genus:	Xantho Leach, 1814[1]
Type species
Xantho hydrophilus Leach, 1814
Species[1]
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Five species are known from the fossil record, including one species that is still extant.^[4]